Can I bring meat from Mexico to USA?

It is important to know that USDA's Meat and Animal Products Regulations prohibit you from bringing in fresh, dried, and canned meats, dehydrated soup mixes, and meat products from most foreign countries. If any meat is used in preparing a product, it is prohibited.



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Mexico has gifted the world with numerous foods: annatto, avocado, amaranth, peanut, cocoa, pumpkin, sweet potato, capulin cherry, chayote, chia, sapodilla, chile, chipilin, cherimoya, epazote, ant eggs, beans, turkey, soursop, jicama, tomato, agave, corn, mamey, nance, prickly pear cactus, pitahaya, hawthorn, vanilla, ...

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Solid food items (not liquids or gels) can be transported in either your carry-on or checked bags. Liquid or gel food items larger than 3.4 oz are not allowed in carry-on bags and should be placed in your checked bags if possible.

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